Sentences with phrase «devolved issues»

Politically, liquidation, sequestration, and receivership are devolved issues.

In 2002, he was appointed to chair a commission on extending the powers of the Welsh Assembly, which resulted in a unanimous report recommending law - making powers for the body on already devolved issues such as health and education.

It essentially asks why MPs from devolved regions have the same voting rights in the Commons as English MPs now that English MPs are excluded from voting on devolved issues.

Occasionally, it makes sense for the UK government to legislate on devolved issues - for example when limited provision in a UK bill would affect Scotland.

There are also some pleasant passages in which the government pledges to respect European case law and hand powers to the Scottish and Welsh governments over devolved issues heading back to them from the EU, like agriculture and fisheries.

Northern Ireland has Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) who sit in the Northern Ireland Assembly and can only vote on devolved issues.

Four days ago DCLG wrote to councils in England - housing is a devolved issue - asking for the number of social and council housing blocks in each area above 18m in height, that used aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding.

David Cameron says help has been offered to Wales after the recent storms, despite flood defences being a devolved issue.

Money is being provided for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to emulate the English scheme, but as education is a devolved issue, it is up to those running schools there to decide whether to spend the money on free lunches.

This poses a particular problem for education — as a devolved issue, the DUP are unlikely to be able to help on any legislation in our sector.

Not exact matches

While we brainstorm new ideas and explore higher - level issues, we prevent the session from devolving into discussions of daily challenges.

Conversations about emotional issues like animal cruelty can quickly devolve into heated arguments.

While Canada's parliamentary structure avoids the deliberate fractiousness of American politics, we still have plenty of issues that have devolved into non-co-operative games — at both the federal and provincial levels.

Forget the specifics, for a paragraph, because this is a notable development: while these hearings usually devolve into partisan cliches with the same talking points — Democrats want regulations, and Republicans don't — yesterday Senators from both sides of the aisle expressed unease with Facebook's handling of private data; obviously Democrats tried to tie the issue to the last election, but that made the Republicans» shared concern all - the - more striking.

A leaked draft copy of the report shows abortion as being a power that should be devolved to Edinburgh but sources suggest Labour said the issue was a «red line».

much like when a country can't divulge highly classified information publicly for obvious economic and military reasons, a professional soccer organization must keep certain things in - house so they don't devalue a player, expose a weakness, provide info that could give an opposing club leverage in future negotiations and / or give them vital intel regarding a future match, but when dishonesty becomes the norm the relationship between cub and fan will surely deteriorate... in our particular case, our club has done an absolutely atrocious job when it comes to cultivating a healthy and honest relationship with the media or their fans, which has contributed greatly to our lack of success in the transfer market... along with poor decisions involving weekly wages, we can't ever seem to get true market value for most of our outgoing players and other teams seem to squeeze every last cent out of us when we are looking to buy; why wouldn't they, when you go to the table with such a openly desperate and dysfunctional team like ours, you have all the leverage; made even worse by the fact that who wouldn't want to see our incredibly arrogant and thrifty manager squirm during the process... the real issue at this club is respect, a word that appears to be entirely lost on those within our hierarchy... this is the starting point from which all great relationships between club and supporters form... this doesn't mean that a team can't make mistakes along the way, that's just human nature, it's about how they chose to deal with these situations that will determine if this relationship flourishes or devolves..

Recognising the pain that many parents in the UK feel at any implication that they have not done the best for their baby, Unicef UK is urging the UK and devolved governments to show leadership in moving the blame for a major public health issue away from individual women, and acknowledge the collective responsibility of us all to create a supportive, enabling environment for women who want to breastfeed.

The fact is that since the government and parliament have decided to devolve their sovereignty on this issue to the people whose will needs to be respected, the referendum of 23 June can not be treated as this sovereign issuing a blank check to the government or for that matter to parliament.

The SNP have raised fears that powers over issues like farming and fishing that are currently held in Brussels will transfer to Westminster upon Brexit rather than being devolved.

The UK Government and the devolved administrations published the Air Quality Strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on 17 July 2007 - setting out a way forward for work and planning on air quality issues and the air quality standards and objectives to be achieved; introducing new policy framework for tackling fine particles and identifying potential new national policy measures which modelling indicates could give further health benefits and move closer towards meeting the Strategy's objectives.

The third issue concerns devolving powers to some regional bodies.

The powers devolved to the Welsh assembly will also have a bearing on which issues are England - specific and which affect England and Wales.

«The new prime minister has raised the issue of flag flying arrangements, which he's absolutely entitled to do, but the reality is this is a devolved matter for the Scottish government.»

He argues that the devolved justice minister in Stormont would find him or herself bypassed by the secretary of state if a certificate is issued.

Say Nicola Sturgeon issues a strident demand for full - scale powers to be devolved to Scotland.

The Prime Minister has said measures to address the issue of MPs with seats in the devolved nations being able to vote on policies that do not apply in their constituencies must go «in tandem» with the process of granting fresh powers to Holyrood.

The Scottish First Minister issued strong words after it was ruled the devolved powers will not get their own vote on triggering Brexit.

After all, with a devolved London Mayor and Assembly in place, and with other departmental select committees already scrutinising issues of relevance to the capital (such as the Underground, the Olympics etc) it is hard to see what meaningful purpose such a committee can possibly have.

He has focused in particular on how to reform politics by devolving power to local constituencies through referendums on important issues and on recalling votes for citizens who are unhappy with the performance of MPs and other elected officials.

The proposals will, ministers say, address the long - standing anomaly - known as the West Lothian Question - by which Scottish MPs can vote on issues such as health and education affecting England, but the House of Commons has no say on similar matters relating to Scotland, where such policies are devolved.

Don't get me wrong, I like reading about, for example, the correct way of wearing garments; it is when the issue seems to devolve into judging that I begin to be dismayed.

Add to that, a metric tonne of clipping issues, and gameplay that constantly devolves into a Battle Royale session when the game spawns more enemies (animal or patrol) after you start an attack.

Add to that, a metric tonne of clipping issues, and gameplay that constantly devolves into a Battle Royale session when the game spawns more enemies (animal or patrol) after you

And so, to break things up, he not only provides a (sort of) love story but also drags out the relationship between Montgomery and Stone until it devolves into standard - issue buddy - buddyism.

But with Schwartzmans politically loaded job (he protests suburban sprawl) and Wahlbergs anti-petroleum stance, things devolve into an «issues» shouting match with the «Average Americans» content with facile short - term thinking and denial of long - term consequences and reliance on blind faith.

It's hard to imagine now, with Porsche cranking out respectable production volumes and sizable profits with the Cayenne S.U.V. and Panamera sedan, but before the Boxster the company had devolved into a one - trick pony, troubled by quality issues and inefficiency.

So, rather than devolve into detailed definitions of active versus passive and what's the exact difference between the two, we should define the issue more broadly as «simple» versus «complex» investing.

Many praised the attempt at offering a motion control scheme for the Wii, however some had issues with the overall responsiveness of the motion controlling, as combat could devolve into simple gestures, which is a shame as the actual combat mechanics are possibly some of the deepest in any Zelda game.

Pakistan's federal Ministry of Environment, already struggling to address growing climate - related disasters, ran into problems in June 2011, when an amendment to the country's constitution suddenly devolved increased power to provincial governments, despite fears that provincial - level officials might lack the capacity and competency to deal with pressing environmental issues.

Now, because of posts like this, I predict that you and a few dozen others will go down in scientific history on this topic, relative to defense of scientific integrity and freedom on an issue that spent the better part of a generation devolving to the point where RICO cases are suggested against dissenting scientists and corporations and «skeptics» are obliquely likened to Holocaust «deniers».

Assuming for the moment that there may be justification for protection against signal theft at the international level, the WIPO treaties have, over the years, devolved from an attempt to address that narrow issue into a free for all that could grant broadcasters a sweeping set of rights.

However, the real issue devolved into what happens to costs recovery where there were both FEHA and non-FEHA claims which a plaintiff loses.

The Court may see more constitutional challenges such as the Article 50 case, Miller; judicial reviews of Henry VIII powers; challenges from the devolved legislatures; and issues that arise because of Brexit but have nothing to do with EU law.

The Committee sees the issue as essentially one of intergovernmental relations; the UK Government and devolved administrations will need to agree, before Brexit, how those new interfaces will be managed.

This approach protects defendants by preventing trial courts devolving into «a field day in which the financial standing of the defendant would become a major issue.»

Issues that arise are whether the Sewel convention will apply to the passage of the «Great Repeal Bill» itself, and how the reform of domesticated EU law ought to be carried out: exclusively by UK ministers under the Great Repeal Bill, or also by the devolved administrations.

More broadly, this ruling will be studied closely by constitutional lawyers as it addresses a number of central issues, including the interplay between the Government's executive powers in international law and legislative sovereignty, the powers of the Court to supervise the exercise of prerogative powers particularly where existing law or rights are affected, and the fundamentally political, not legal, nature of the Sewel Convention on consultation of devolved legislatures.

These are all common issues that couples find themselves wading through yet without some kind of perspective and tools, these issues can sometimes devolve into stalemate or separation.

I'll assume that by your personal attacks on whatever you've gleaned from a Google search on me (that I invited you to take, by the way, while you skulk in the shadows of online anonymity) that you are uncomfortable addressing the issues I raised, and would prefer to devolve into a little name - calling.